The federal government can deport foreign nationals who are in the U.S. illegally even if local authorities object, three judges on the 9th Circuit of Appeals unanimously ruled, the Washington Examiner reported.

The case was based on an executive order issued by King County in Washington that directed county officials to prohibit allowing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement airspace to charter flights used to deport illegal foreign nationals, the Examiner said.

The executive order, from King County Executive Dow Constantine, said King County International Airport was barred from supporting “the transportation and deportation of immigration detainees in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, either traveling within or arriving or departing the United States or its territories.”

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